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OTTAWA — Canada’s contribution to a major United Nations climate change conference later this year will be dependent on actions by provincial and territorial governments.
Provincial governments confirm Environment Canada has been collecting...Read More

WINDSOR, Ont. — The CEO of the public library in Windsor, Ont., plans to meet with police today after published reports said a young woman made live online sex shows at two branches.
CBC News reported the woman performed graphic sex acts multiple...Read More

VIEUX FORT, Saint Lucia — Supporters of a Canadian man charged in the drowning of a four-year-old boy in St. Lucia say he was trying to help the child after seeing him struggle in the water.
Sahab Jamshidi is charged with causing death by gross...Read More

SUNRISE, Fla. — Phil Kessel is mad as hell about how Dion Phaneuf is treated by the Toronto media, and he’s not going to take it anymore.
Kessel offered a passionate defence of the Maple Leafs’ captain on Tuesday and said he was fed up with how...Read More

SASKATOON — The National Parole Board’s appeal division has ruled Robert Latimer can travel freely outside Canada.
The ruling reverses an earlier decision that said Latimer, who was convicted of the 1993 second-degree murder of his disabled daughter...Read More

OTTAWA — The country’s top military commander is planning to step down.
Several defence and government sources confirm Gen. Tom Lawson, who has been chief of defence staff for two-and-a-half years, has asked the government not to extend his term in...Read More

WOLFVILLE — Public health officials say 84 per cent of the 3,500 students at Acadia University have received the first dose of a vaccination against the B strain of meningococcal meningitis.
Another vaccination clinic is scheduled to be held at the...Read More

WINNIPEG — The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg is joining renowned museums around the world in banning the use of selfie sticks.
The sticks are the extendable poles that hold a camera or smartphone beyond arm’s length to help take group...Read More

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have solved the mystery of a tunnel discovered near a Pan Am Games venue in the city’s north end.
Const. Victor Kwong says tips from the public helped them identify and interview two men responsible for building the...Read More

MONTREAL — Between Ontario and Quebec deep freezes, the Maritime snowpocalypse, and British Columbia’s early spring, February was a month of extreme weather.
In general, temperatures across Quebec and southern Ontario were seven to nine degrees...Read More